Manure carrier



J. H. KLUG.

MANUR CARRIER.

APPucATloN FILED JUNE 29.1920.

Serv.;

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Patented Nov. 7, 1922va J. H. KLUG.

MANURE CARRIER.

APPLicATloN m50 JUNE 29,1920.

Patented N ov. 7 1922.'

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

above the pan 2l, which it is desired `to remove from the gutter 3 and empty.l 4Vhere upon the frame 16 is lowered until the hooks 17 thereof can be engaged with the pivct studs 22 ofthe selectedpan, and after such engagement, the latch 18 is brought into con-- tact With the latch pin 23. Upon rotating thek drum 8 to Wind the chains l2 and thereon, the selected pen 21 is raised out of vthe gutter and elevated to a suitable height.

Inasmuch as the trip 20 is located adjacent said discharge point, the pan can be authinatically 'emptied vby the mechanical disengagementoit the latch 18 from the latch piu 23, this being caused bythe rocking et sai-:l trip lever 19 and latch 18 when the We are engaged as they will be when the traine 16 and its pan have been elevated a proper distance above 'the barn Hoor. 'ln other Words, as soon as the latch 18 becomes inactivathe carried pan will be perinittd to rock on its Y pivot studs 22. l

After the panhas been emptied the carrier mechanism can be returned to the starting fpoint and the said pan lowered again .into

thegutter. A series oit pans can thus `be very 'quickly emptied, and refuse removed from the'barn at a much quicker rate than is at present possible. Furthermore, the provision of gutter-lining panseliminates the necessit i vof several handlingsV ci the manure; i" necessary or desirable' a particular type of carrier mechanism can be employed With the pans, but as most barns are at present constructed-and equipped, the usual carrier device, or parts thereof, can be used.l

Various changes may be'madefin the form and rproportions and the general'application a plurality of lining members in said gutter,

each being in the-form an independent `.separately movable pan, said pans being substantially the Width oit' the gutter and disposed end to end in abutting relation, `an'in- Wardly `extending lifting element` on each end of each pan, and means det'acliablyl env,f ,rageable With. the elements of each pan vfor individually rei'noving oi replacing sail pans With respect to the gutter. Y

ln a stable for live stock, a gutter a plurality ot lining members in said gutter,

each being in the oim of an independent separately movable pan, said pans being sun stantially the Widthr ot the gutter and ldisposed end to end in abutting relation, an iii- `Wardly extending pivot vstud von the end of eachoi" said pans, lifting :means selectively f engageable with the studsfo'f either of said pans for raising the saine from the'gutter,

Aand means'ior normally preventing tilting of the raised pan. f

Intestiinony that claim the Li'ioregcing 'I have hereunto set my hand at Random Lake, in the .county of `Sheboygan and Statefof Wisconsin f Y DR. JOI-INH. KILUGa 

